WEBVTT SELFAND SHARES THE EXTRAORDINARYVIEWS TONIGHT SOME NOT SEEN IN, YEARS.>> WORDS FALL SHORT OF PRISTINEBEAUTY.OVERFLOWING THE SENSES, EVENMILES OFF IN THE DISTANCE.>> OUR GRANDSON ASKED HOW GODCAN MAKE ALL THAT WATER.VICKI: YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARKCAPTIVATING.THIS YEAR, BRINGING A RAREEXPERIENCE.>> THEY ARE VERY FULL, VERYPOWERFUL.VICKI: SPRING RUNOFFENCOMPASSING THE VALLEY.RECORD SNOWFALL.MELTING INTO 360 DEGREE VIEWS OFWATERFALLS, CREATING INSPIRATIONTO CAPTURE YOSEMITE'S EXQUISITESCALE.>> I FEEL GRATITUDE.VICKI: THE FOURTH OF BRIDAL VEILFALLS, SEEN FROM AFAR, UP CLOSE,IS WHERE IT'S POWER IS TRULYFELT.>> YOU CANNOT EVEN HEAR MEBECAUSE OF THE SOUND OF THEFALLS THAT IS JUST EVERYWHERE.VICKI: A CAPACITY DROWNED INYEARS PAST.HERE IS 2014 DURING THE HEARTSOF CALIFORNIA'S DROUGHT AND NOW,THAT IS ME SOAKED WITH WATER,RUSHING DOWN AT THE FEET OF THEFALL.>> I WOULD NOT HAVE EXPECTEDTHIS.VICKI: A 2600 FEET, YOSEMITEFALLS IS THE FIFTH TALLEST INTHE WORLD, WITH A CAPACITY NOWTHE STRONGEST IN YEARS.THE TRULY UNIQUE SITGHT, OUREPHEMERAL WATERFALLS.>> I HAVE NEVER SEEN THAT ONEBEFORE.VICKI: THANKS TO THE MERCEDRIVER AND CREEKS PORING OVERYOSEMITE'S DRAMATIC VERTICALDROP.>> A LOT OF THEM ARE FLOWING SOBIG RIGHT NOW AND WITH SUCHVELOCITY, THAT THEY ARE CREATINGEFFECTS OF WATERFALLS.VICKI: TOO MANY TO NAME, ALIVEONCE AGAIN.AFTER BEING DRY FOR YEARS.>> IT IS JUST FUN.I MEAN, IT IS EXCITING.VICKI: OVERFLOWING IN MEMORIES.FOR THOSE LUCKY TO SOAK INYOSEMITE'S EXTRAORDINARY GIFT OFNATURE.YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK TELLS USTHERE ARE HUNDREDS IF NOTTHOUSANDS OF THESE EPHEMERALFALLS, AND YOU CAN COME TOEXPERIENCE THE RARE CONDITIONSFOR AT LEAST THE NEXT MONTH.

An ephemeral fall is a temporary waterfall that doesn’t flow for very long -- and only at certain times of the year.

"People are going to see waterfalls that have either not flowed before or are flowing at huge capacity," Yosemite National Park Ranger Scott Gediman said. "Now that we are getting the warmer weather, with the huge snowpack, it's creating a lot of water in the meadows and incredible waterfalls."

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Merced River flows through the Yosemite Valley

The Yosemite Valley has 360-degree views of waterfalls as the Merced and Tuolumne rivers surge through the park. Area streams and creeks are also flowing fast thanks to the snowmelt.

"On the bridge of the Merced River, we are about 4,000-feet in elevation, and the walls surrounding us are about 7,000-feet. So you've got about a 3,000 foot vertical drop,” Gediman said. "A lot of them are flowing so big right now, and with such velocity, that they are creating these effects of waterfalls."

Gediman said visitors can take in the rare waterfalls for at least the next month.